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TU Darmstadt | Tragwerksentwicklung und Bauphysik"If a design does not have the seriousness of realization in it, then it is just lines on paper and desired thought. This may very well be artistic, even art, but never architecture."
Structural Design & Building Physics provides the fundamentals for understanding how structures work and how they are shaped by materials. This includes the necessary knowledge for designing, constructing, detailing and executing load-bearing structures.
Within the framework of structural engineering, the knowledge and skills are imparted in order to correctly calculate actions and loads for designs in simple cases and to compare the resulting stresses on the supporting structure (stresses, internal forces, deformations) with the stress capacity (load-bearing capacity) of the selected supporting structure, as well as to assess service properties and durability.
Modelling and analyses, simplified calculations according to design-oriented procedures and illustrative design aids are intended to provide methodical insight into the load-bearing behaviour of structures made of different building materials. In dealing with the teaching content, clarity and methodical abstraction are in a balanced relationship.
Building on the fundamentals, it is necessary in the subject of load-bearing structures to independently select a suitable load-bearing structure with sensible materials in accordance with the basic idea of planning, and to design and detail it.
In doing so, the cross-sections of the components are to be estimated, joining details and connecting means are to be determined in principle, the spatial stability of the construction is to be ensured, its manufacturability and assembly are to be taken into account and its usability for practical use is to be ensured.
As applications of load-bearing structures in building construction, all contemporary construction methods, such as timber construction, steel construction, reinforced concrete construction, composite construction methods and lightweight construction methods are dealt with in relation to their design-specific properties and requirements.
The aim of a structural design is to optimise the necessary properties of the building structure in terms of design and aesthetics, functional design, economic efficiency and sustainability. In doing so, the load-bearing and stability, the serviceability and durability of the structure, as well as economical and targeted production, assembly or conversion must be guaranteed. Nice to have? No - this is a "must" for every design. TU Darmstadt | International Cooperation in Urban Development – Mundus UrbanoMundus Urbano (MU) is an interdisciplinary advanced Master of Science programme specialising in international cooperation and urban development (M.Sc. in International Cooperation in Urban Development). Jointly offered by four European institutions, the programme addresses the dynamic challenges faced throughout the world due to rapid urbanisation processes. MU provides innovative trans-disciplinary solutions, including physical, managerial, economic, social and legal elements simultaneously. Students are provided with the highest quality academic resources and teaching staff, and afforded with insight into current development planning theories and practices, instigating them to propose architecturally, socially, economically and ecologically sustainable urban development solutions.
Students are provided with the highest quality academic resources and teaching staff, and afforded with insight into current development planning theories and practices, instigating them to propose architecturally, socially, economically and ecologically sustainable urban development solutions. TU Darmstadt | Entwerfen und StädtebauSince the winter semester 2019/20, the department "Design and Urban Planning" has been represented by Verena Schmidt and, alternately, her office partners Marius Gantert and Andreas Krauth.
Until August 2019, the department was headed by Prof. Dr. Nina Gribat.
In research and teaching, the department of "Design and Urban Development" deals with urban development processes and their different spatial, economic, social and cultural manifestations in an international context. One focus is the research and communication of integrated strategic approaches to urban design and planning, which is based on interdisciplinary approaches across scales. In this context, urban planning is understood as a task in which approaches of spatial design, control and research are equally intertwined. TU Darmstadt | Entwerfen und Stadtentwicklunglies at the interface of the classical courses of study in planning and architecture.
Urban realities are the result of different negotiation and development processes, within which the built city represents only one parameter among many. In this respect, the topic of urban development cannot be approached solely in terms of planning theory, but must be dealt with in an interdisciplinary discourse that also includes its historical, social, economic and ecological aspects.
Practice has shown that successful planning interlinks its various levels of subject matter and scale. It is not linear or step-by-step, neither inductive nor deductive; rather, it brings differentiated strategies to bear simultaneously and side by side in order to establish sustainable quality agreements both for the individual project in implementation and in the overall urban development framework.
Design is at the heart of the teaching, which trains students not only in creativity in the design and representation of urban spaces, but also in the development of integrated concepts and their strategic organization and communication. Students acquire knowledge of the individual structural and infrastructural elements of the city, their laws and interrelationships, as well as insights into the complexity and interdependencies of urban structures. The teaching takes place through the recording, analysis, programming and imagination of urban situations in the following teaching modes:
Design | Impromptu | Lecture | Seminar | Exercise | Excursion 